One nap transition - nap getting longer?

tee18

There may be a post about this already...

I think we are starting the transition. When he does take a morning nap, it's at least 1.5 hrs and I wake him up, so I think he still could use it occasionally. He has started skipping the afternoon nap occasionally. But, on days he skips the morning nap, his afternoon nap is the same length as usual (1.5 hrs). I feel like that doesn't make sense!

I've heard that kids usually lengthen the afternoon nap once they're down to one. Did this happen gradually or did they start taking a longer nap right way?

Kashy

When we went to one nap they turned into 3 hour nap when usually he would only nap for maybe an hour each time.  Also the longer nap happened almost right away.

pnutg

C has never been a long napper but since transitioning to one nap he averages 2-2.5 hours. I prefer this to the two short naps.

delino

I thought her one nap would be longer but alas it's usually only one hour. She used to nap for 1-2 hrs in the morning and another 1 in the afternoon.

MAdams728

Pretty much as soon as she dropped the short morning nap, the afternoon nap got longer. It's always a minimum of 2 hours, but usually up to 3.

surpriseaddition

My LO has been doing one 2 hour afternoon nap for the last 3 months.  Like PP said about needing more sleep on some days, every once in awhile she'll also take a short morning nap. Her usual time is 12:30-2:30. 

Amer0317

He was doing 1.5 in the morning and 1.5 in the afternoon. Now that he's down to one nap, it's still only 1.5 but he goes to sleep earlier.

kelseyhh

Emmett is all over the place. When he was taking 2 naps, they were 1.5-2 hrs each. When we went to 1, the length state the same :-/. Every once in a blue moon he'll take a 3 hr nap, but it's usually closer to 2.

tee18

Thanks everyone! I'm thinking we'll be one of the afternoon nappers that stays the same (1.5 hrs). We will see! I'm not 100% convinced he's ready for the transition yet, so we'll see. He's hard to read with that!